1. Rethinking Temptation
Luke 4:1-13

2. Lent
Ash Wednesday
...
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Black Saturday

3. And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days. (4:1-2a)

4. ... being tempted by the devil.

8. And he ate nothing during those days
And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. (2b)

9. “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

10. “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” (4)

11. And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time ... (5)

12. “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.” (6)

13. “If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” (7)

14. ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’

15. And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him ... (9)

16. “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here ...” (9)

17. He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and on their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. (10-11)

18. He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
Lk 4:10-11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
Ps 91:11-12

19. ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’

20. Temptation
Depending on self
Taking short-cuts
Being flashy

21. Preparation
Fasting
Solitude
Scriptures

23. And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.